Just then, a taxi passed by. Yu Ling hailed it and got in. Seeing Guan Xiujie squeeze in as well, to avoid him changing his mind again, she directly answered the driver, who was turning to ask their destination:

"Go to Xiu Jie Detective Agency."

Taxi driver: "Okay, buckle up."

Guan Xiujie was dumbfounded when he heard him say that.

He talked on and on until his throat was dry without getting a response, but Yu Ling got in the car and immediately gave him the address of his firm. Guan Xiujie thought to himself, isn't this clearly because she's interested?

He even told himself he wouldn't go. Ha, what a hypocrite!

The driver didn't care about the situation of the two people in the back seat. He simply drove steadily to their destination, collected the fare, and continued his work.

——Xiujie Detective Agency——

This place is not a bustling or prosperous area; in fact, it could be described as deserted. However, compared to other places that are easily accessible from all directions, this road is designed primarily for the client's confidentiality.

Yu Ling originally came to Guan Xiujie's office with the intention of getting involved in police cases, Chen Yang's case, and completing side quests. However, upon entering Guan Xiujie's office, she was greeted by a large number of cases cut from newspapers, ranging from the oldest to the most recent.

Knowing that she was the perpetrator of a certain case, Yu Ling couldn't resist stepping forward to take a look. The fragments pasted on the wall were neatly arranged. According to the original owner's memories, the cases on them should all be cases that the police had not yet solved, and the incidents all occurred in this city.

Do detectives also have territories?

Yu Ling still had the mind to joke, but there were indeed some of the cases committed by the original owner posted on the screen, and the cases that the police had recently classified as serial murders were also put together, but there were also many 'fish that slipped through the net'.

It has to be said that if the original owner hadn't been so self-destructive and tired of living, he wouldn't have been exposed even if Yu Ling hadn't come. Every crime he committed was almost perfect, which meant that many cases were never even discovered by witnesses and were impossible to investigate.

However, this also reflects that there are indeed many problems in this world. For example, if the police checked the registered identity information every few days, there wouldn't be so many missing persons going unnoticed.

“These are all local cases. There are also some that the public shouldn’t know about, which are kept in my office on the second floor. Shall we go take a look?” Guan Xiujie walked to the side, clearly very satisfied with his work.

Yu Ling hummed in agreement: "Then aren't you afraid of being found out by me, a member of the public?"

“You’re different…” A complicated look flashed across Guan Xiujie’s eyes, but it was quickly covered up by a smile. “We just fought side by side, you know. Aren’t you my assistant? What’s wrong with looking at some intelligence?”

"lead the way."

Yu Ling maintained her aloof attitude, otherwise this clingy guy might do something impolite to her again.

Upon reaching the second floor, they entered an office filled with bookshelves, resembling a study. Inside, there was only one leather chair, which looked expensive and undoubtedly very comfortable. Out of politeness, Yu Ling initially intended to stand, but was forcibly pressed into the chair.

"Wait here, I'll go get the documents for you." Guan Xiujie seemed perfectly normal at this moment. Perhaps... the familiar work environment had finally made him restrain himself?

He wandered among the rows of bookshelves, searching and muttering to himself, "Where is it? Strange, I clearly remember putting it around here."

However, his hands were not idle, and his eyes were not idle either. He would steal a glance at Yu Ling from time to time, thinking that he had disguised himself perfectly. In fact, Yu Ling had already seen through his actions.

It's not like you're squint or have bad eyesight. Why are you always staring at him like that?

Yu Ling was puzzled by this perplexing behavior and simply watched, quietly waiting for Guan Xiujie to bring over the 'hard-to-find' document. She even wanted to yawn.

Guan Xiujie was thinking, "Why didn't this person even bother to browse my desktop? How did the murder scene photos he prepared in advance get discovered? How did he so naturally ask about the crime scene?"

Not touching other people's things is a matter of politeness. Both the original owner and Yu Ling had this politeness, but Guan Xiujie, who had never known what politeness was, obviously did not expect this.

However, his suspicion of Yu Ling was only somewhat strong, not very strong. After this incident, he always felt that Yu Ling was the kind of person who would kill in self-defense, but not the original owner of this body who was a 'random killer' who liked to wander around. Even if she was... there must be a reason!

In short, it's definitely not as the police say.

—Although the original owner was like that, who made Yu Ling more deceptive? The detective who had never met the original owner didn't know that two different souls could live in one body, so misjudgment was inevitable.

Seeing that he wasn't taking the bait and was just sitting there obediently, they gave up on continuing to use such despicable methods to 'torture' a poor little guy who had just seen blood (the leader of the robbers was furious) and whose emotions were still unstable.

"Here it is. I heard they have a lot of cases piled up because of that serial murder case, big and small, all here. I was planning to take a break to clear my head before returning to work, but now..."

Guan Xiujie tossed a thick stack of sealed documents to Yu Ling, then leaned half his body against her, saying,

"If you'd like to experience it, I can take you to follow a few examples. See which one interests you more?"

Yu Ling did not refuse and opened the package one by one to read it.

Police secrets certainly wouldn't be kept outside. The fact that they're stored in an open office means they're at least not suitable for the public, but it shouldn't matter if others find out.

The first case involves an elderly, frail tycoon who recently died suddenly at home, and his children accuse his newlywed mistress of murder.

Unlike the main character, who would participate...

The second case involves a jewelry store on the street that suffered a burglary and incurred significant losses, but no photos of the thief's face were taken in the surrounding streets, and no suspects have been identified yet.

Pass.

The third case involves a young woman who was robbed and sexually assaulted in the middle of the night. According to the victim, the robber mistook her for someone from a brothel and claimed that if she called the police, they would arrest her as well. Normally, such things are shameful to talk about, but the robbers were so brazen that the young woman chose to report the crime anyway.

It would be much better to have a female police officer investigate this case. It definitely has nothing to do with the protagonist, so let's move on.

But just as Yu Ling turned over the fourth copy...